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Proac K6 Signature, Sonus Faber Amati Tradition,Verity Audio Amadis, Kharma DB-9
Of course I sold Jim’s time and phase correct speakers and met him many times. Sad - RIP. I think you are being way to hard on yourself… You rolled the bones and the universe threw you a curve ball… so far without any musical impact…. Grace n pe... 
Worst Speakers Ever??
I traded them for a white van……  
Hagerman Piccolo Zero: New transimpedance head amp
Agree, would love an update  
MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY?
The ideal phono preamp typology should be a separate thread…imo… My point remains it is impossible to evaluate a cartridge by listening without some form og gain, EQ or both….   
MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY?
@pindac Good Lord man…possibly the board room white paper on why the CD was invented… You left off ( possibly due to brevity ? ) the off center record… of course Nakamichi fixed that…. Not everyone is pitch sensitive… love ya man   and yet… The ... 
Audiophilism is a hobby
@mashif Probably essential but he is also a musician not just a producer… if you look past the fraction you will find a play on the turn of phrase “ better half “…. Yes, let’s hope for some commercial success for Sarah ;-)  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@echolane i’ve got lifetime friends i met on this thread by reading about the “ recckkidds “ they were playing…. Cool you got the B and O running and sounding good. In arrears: Jackson Browne - Downhill Caitlin Canty - Reckless Skyline Over th... 
Audiophilism is a hobby
IMO Julie Miller is the better 7/8 …. and i like Buddy… a LOT BTW really do check out Sarah J…. especially Blue Heron Suite  
Back to the DAC
I understand…especially the stranger variety seems to attract tube de jour..or hour… i’ve rolled a few in the Pandora but fewer than 4 variants x 2 positions…. best wishes for 6SN7 happiness   
Back to the DAC
I have yet to hear a Bricasti i couldn’t live with, but i can say same about Lampizator and Aesthetix. I lean to a very well engineered tube output that behaves well feeding a tube preamp. Ive heard a Rockna in a well sorted system that was also v... 
Townshend Isolation Products.
@barts Sounds like a great system - I built and modified Hafler kits on Sunday for extra $, which i poured into….. tubes… ha. We carried CJ,,, ARC was the enemy…. funny how things… change.. Best in music - i greatly enjoyed your journey story…..  
MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY?
An act of clarification; TT includes effective isolation… HRS grade or better…  
MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY?
Somebody s mentioned Signet and Grace, i have both an TK-9ea and an F-9 w Soundsmith Ruby OCL. Both are excellent… especially as the allow me to get around the FET front ends of both the Herron and ARC Ref phono front ends….…..but i wouldn’t trade... 
MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY?
@rauliruegas I mentioned the 404 because i sold probably 50 of them in the Eighties,,,, i started in a Grado centric shop in 1978.. As you may also recall the 80’s shop displayed and sold the ADS 2030 you mentioned. Fun.  I would submit for @lewm... 
Looking for advise and recommendations on a nice record cleaner.
@wfowenmd Right on Perfect Vinyl Forever is excellent and an affordable way to evaluate IF a person values US cleaning before making a deeper $€£¥ plunge. I bought two consecutive MoFi and ran one thru enzyme the Nitty Gritty, sent the other to P...